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Established in 1972, Pivot, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that advocates, educates, intervenes and counsels youth and families to make a positive difference in their lives.

The Challenge

There are youth in our community who lack the building blocks to help them succeed. This puts them at risk for becoming homeless, unemployed, engaging in alcohol and drug abuse, unplanned pregnancies, as well as untreated mental health issues. The more life skills, resources and support young people have, the more likely they are to become self-sufficient adults.

Who We Serve

Pivot works with young people lacking stability in their lives. They are sometimes homeless or couch homeless, alone or disengaged. Many live with damaging labels and shame. Almost all are ages 12 to 21 and have overwhelming barriers in their lives without the resources to overcome them and successfully transition into self-reliant adults.

The Solution

Pivot provides programs and services that focus on meeting housing and basic needs; education and job assistance; mentoring and life skills development; prevention and intervention services; and therapeutic care. Pivot takes a youth-driven, strengths based, trauma responsive approach to empowering youth to transition into self-sufficient adults. We are a turning point for youth.

News & Events

Samara is 17 years old and has missed a year and a half of high school because of circumstances she was born into. She watched most of her friends go to prom this past spring and graduate from high school and she thought, I want that, too.

Learn how Pivot, A Turning Point for Youth, empowered Samara to turn her life around and grow into a confident young woman.

Did you hear? In late April, Impact Oklahoma awarded Pivot one of their coveted $100,000 impact grants for our Pivotal Impact – Independent Living proposal. Impact Oklahoma’s funds will be used to build three tiny homes, each one with a bed, small kitchen and bathroom, right here on Pivot’s campus. These tiny homes will be the first in a planned community of individual homes to serve as transitional housing for Pivot’s young clients.